Norah Owaraga

Beauty in Uganda, what is it?

I suppose it is a tad odd to launch from a franchise that embodies exogenous global-western standards of beauty, Miss Uganda Pageant, in order to answer the question: “Beauty in Uganda, what is it?” Then again why not? Yes, on the evening of this past Saturday, 15th October 2016, through to the early hours of…

“Wahala in President Buhari’s kitchen cabinet”

Wahala in Buhari’s Kitchen Cabinet “President Muhammadu Buhari has kicked the hornet’s nest. A couple of days ago, responding to a question from the press, he made the following statement: I don’t know what party my wife belongs to but she belongs to my kitchen, my living room and the other room. The reaction to…

Review: “African Women & Feminism” edited by Oyeronke Oyewumi

“This is one of the books that stretches what you thought you knew and forces you to reexamine your motives and interactions with the world. Far too often the Western parts of the globe dictate behavior and belief to black/brown skin nations according to extraordinarily biased and incorrect information. African Women & Feminism speaks directly…

Agriculture policy, land & food

During the course of my work I am regularly confronted with discourse that in my view I consider to be premised on falsehoods that are peddled as truths and on the basis of which policies, interventions and strategies are being made that have significant consequence on the peoples of Uganda. I feel it my duty…